Andrea Raggi

Andrea Raggi

Raggi playing for Monaco in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-06-24) 24 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	La Spezia, Italy
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2002–2003	Empoli
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2008	Empoli	101	(2)
2003–2004	→ Carrarese (loan)	29	(1)
2008–2011	Palermo	2	(0)
2009	→ Sampdoria (loan)	13	(0)
2009–2010	→ Bologna (loan)	31	(1)
2010–2011	→ Bari (loan)	16	(0)
2011–2012	Bologna	31	(0)
2012–2019	Monaco	161	(8)
Total		374	(12)
International career
2007	Italy U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Raggi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈraddʒi]; born 24 June 1984) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He was a versatile player, being capable of playing both as a centre back and as a right back.

Club career

Raggi started his footballing career with Empoli, where he spent a total of four seasons with the first team.

Palermo

On 28 May 2008, Empoli announced his sale to Palermo for €7 million[1] on a four-year contract.[2]

His failure to break into the first team led Palermo to send Raggi out on loan to a number of teams. In January 2009 he joined Sampdoria, then moving again to spend the whole of the 2009–10 season with Bologna.[3]

Bari loan

In July 2010, he was loaned out for a third consecutive time, joining Bari.[4] He was out-favoured by Giampiero Ventura in mid-season, who originally expected Raggi to play as a centre-back. Instead, Raggi was the starting right-back as Andrea Masiello, originally a right-back, remained as a temporary centre-back which Masiello already played since January 2010. He also played as a left-back to replace Alessandro Parisi against Roma on 12 December. After the closure of the winter transfer window, Parisi and Masiello re-took the full-backs position, after the signing of centre-back Kamil Glik. Raggi blamed Ventura for playing so few games.[5]

The following August, he permanently moved to Bologna, for €200,000.[6][7]

Monaco

In July 2012, Raggi moved to Monaco, and later signed a three-year contract with the team. On 19 April 2017, after defeating Borussia Dortmund 6–3 on aggregate,[8] AS Monaco reached the semi–finals of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.[9] Later that year, Raggi won the 2016–17 Ligue 1 title with the club. In September 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension on a €2 million annual salary, which would keep him at the club until June 2019,[10] with AS Monaco confirming Raggi's departure on 28 June 2019[11]

International career

On 24 March 2007, Raggi made his International debut for the Italy U-21 side against the England U21 team in a 3–3 draw at the new Wembley Stadium.[12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carrarese (loan)	2003–04	Serie C	29	1	0	0	—		—		29	1
Empoli	2004–05	Serie B	9	0	1	1	—		—		10	1
	2005–06	Serie A	24	0	0	0	—		—		24	0
	2006–07		35	1	0	0	—		—		35	1
	2007–08		33	1	2	0	1	0	—		36	1
	Total		101	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	105	3
Palermo	2008–09	Serie A	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Sampdoria (loan)	2008–09	Serie A	13	0	3	0	1	0	—		17	0
Bologna (loan)	2009–10	Serie A	31	1	1	0	—		—		32	1
Bari (loan)	2010–11	Serie A	16	0	2	0	—		—		18	0
Bologna	2011–12	Serie A	31	0	1	1	—		—		32	1
Monaco	2012–13	Ligue 2	35	4	3	0	—		—		38	4
	2013–14	Ligue 1	28	1	5	0	—		—		33	1
	2014–15		27	0	4	0	8	0	—		39	0
	2015–16		31	2	4	1	9	1	—		44	4
	2016–17		14	0	8	0	15	0	—		37	0
	2017–18		20	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	28	1
	2018–19		6	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	11	0
	Total		161	8	30	1	38	1	1	0	230	10
Career total			384	12	41	3	40	1	1	0	466	16

Honours

Empoli[13]

• Serie B: 2004–05

Monaco[13]

• Ligue 1: 2016–17
• Ligue 2: 2012–13

Individual

• Ligue 2 Team of the Season: 2012–13[14]

References

1. "Ceduto Andrea Raggi". Empoli FC. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
2. "Dichiarazione di Zamparini". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
3. "Raggi in perstito a Bologna" (in Italian). U.S. Palermo. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
4. "Movimenti in uscita del Palermo" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
5. "Raggi rages at ex-Bari boss". Football-Italia. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
6. "Andrea Raggi al Bologna" [Andrea Raggi to Bologna] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
7. US Città di Palermo SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
8. "Monaco 3–1 Borussia Dortmund". The Guardian. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
9. "Monaco 3–1 Borussia Dortmund". Goal. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
10. "Monaco, Raggi rinnova fino al 2020: al difensore due milioni a stagione". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
11. "Grazie Andrea !". asmonaco.com/ (in French). AS Monaco FC. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
12. "England U21 3 – 3 Italy U21". Sky Sports. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
13. "A. Raggi". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
14. "2012/13 UNFP Awards". French Football Weekly. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

External links

• Profile at Football.it (in Italian)
• Andrea Raggi at Soccerway